Saturday, February 9, 2013

Safavide Scène d'Amour

Painting.
Era: Safavid Empire, Persia.
Date: 1693.
Size: 117 x 181 mm.
Materials and Techniques: Gouache and gold on paper.
Kept in Musées d'art et d'histoire - Ville de Genève (Museum of Art and History, Geneva, Switzerland).
Source: [1]

نقاشی اروتیک صفوی - موزه هنر و تاریخ ژنو - سوئیس
This is an interesting find when i was looking around in Musées d'art et d'histoire's website, which is the largest art museum in Geneva, Switzerland. This work belongs to Safavid period. Unfortunately, the online copy is very small to the extent that you can hardly see what is going on; nevertheless, it is another example of erotic art in Safavid era. There are few other interesting items in this museum. When time permits, I will post them here. Again, I do apologize about the small size of the image.